Nottingham Forest may have ended their season with three consecutive victories but sadly a play-off charge was never to be.
Saturday's win over crisis club Bolton saw Martin O'Neill's side confirm a ninth placed finish in the Championship, eight points behind rivals Derby County in sixth.
Forest ended their season with 66 points, their highest total since 2013, but not as high as the tally that pundit and EFL expert David Prutton predicted over the course of the season.
The former City Ground midfielder this week released a league table based on how each Championship side would have fared if his popular weekly predictions all came true, and it's safe to say that he may have been generous to the sides at the top.
Prutton, who made 67 appearances for Leeds United, predicted his former Elland Road side to not only win the league but amass an incredible 117 points along the way - eleven more than the all-time Championship points record.
The table also had Norwich, the Championship's eventual winners, beating Reading's 106-point record with 107 but still missing out on automatic promotion, pipped to the post by Sheffield United (110).
Prutton's play-off spots are completed by Derby County (90), West Bromwich Albion (84) and Aston Villa (80).
The table has Forest higher in seventh, but ten points adrift of Villa in sixth, four points better of than they finished in reality.
Reading, Bolton Wanderers and Millwall were the three teams to be relegated according to his table.
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Only Bolton have actually gone down, alongside Ipswich Town and Rotherham.
It is a further insight into the unpredictability of the Championship, which O'Neill's side will contest next season as they look to get Forest back into the Premier League.
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Prutton's predicted table
1. Leeds United 117 points
2. Sheffield United 110 points
3. Norwich City 107 points
4. Derby County 90 points
5. West Bromwich Albion 84 points
6. Aston Villa 80 points
7. Nottingham Forest 70 points
8. Sheffield Wednesday 69 points
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9. Middlesbrough 67 points
10. Preston North End 64 points
11. Bristol City 64 points
12. Hull City 62 points
13. Swansea City 60 points
14. Blackburn Rovers 58 points
15. Brentford 58 points
16. Stoke City 52 points
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17. Birmingham City 48 points
18. Wigan Athletic 47 points
19. Queens Park Rangers 36 points
20. Rotherham 35 points
21. Ipswich 33 points
22. Millwall 33 points
23. Bolton Wanderers 32 points
24. Reading 31 points
